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>At launch, Win 8 tablets will cost at least between $550 and $800, which is a scary price point to start at when the iPad 2 retails for $400 and the new iPad s
by jere 14y ago
>At launch, Win 8 tablets will cost at least between $550 and $800, which is a scary price point to start at when the iPad 2 retails for $400 and the new iPad starts at $500.
This part is worse to me. The way I see it, the only advantage in the PC vs Mac debate is that PCs can compete on price.
What chance do Windows 8 tablets have when they are more expensive than the best (to many) tablet on the market?
- rbanffy 14y agoA little less than Android-based ones. They effectively compete in price with iPads, have software available and some of them can be rooted.
- commandar 14y ago>The way I see it, the only advantage in the PC vs Mac debate is that PCs can compete on price. Enterprise users. Of course, Microsoft is dropping the ball there with WinRT, too, but that's beside the point.
- SlipperySlope 14y agoEnterprise users I know already bring their iPads to work and especially to business travel. Enterprise IT departments already accommodate them.
- commandar 14y agoI have two brand new 16GB iPads sitting on my desk at work right now that are completely useless because we can't accommodate them. Our line of business applications are just plain too tied to Windows for it to even begin to be an option; and I'm talking about software packages with costs in the five to six figure range.
- SlipperySlope 14y agoYes, but I expect that you have the iPads interfaced to your corporate email and to your web based systems. Those are enough for the execs and attorneys I know. And I assume you know about virtual desktop app solutions too. You may be using those currently for remote Windows users unless you have chosen a VPN solution to extend your enterprise network directly to remote users.
- randomfool 14y agoBecause people are being told they 'need' a tablet. But also that an iPad isn't enough by itself- they need a computer too. So the 'choice' for your standard uninformed BestBuy consumer is iPad & Laptop or a single Win8 machine, and the single machine solution is vastly desirable. I think this argument is bull- and we can poke a ton of holes in it but it's difficult to communicate this to many people. I almost always try to sell them on a Macbook Air instead (a Windows ultraportable would work as well, I just haven't had as good experiences with non-Apple ultraportables).